[Kindergarten 01] • Kindergarten Baby

Lindsey Lark, orphaned as a young child, often turned to fairy tales for comfort, joy, and survival. Now she’s all grown up and appears to live the perfect life; she’s pretty, she’s smart, and she’s the best kindergarten teacher in the southwest. The students, with all their hilarious classroom antics, keep her smiling—most of the time.

But this school year is different. A sudden emotional shock ignites an odd internal journey as Lindsey attempts to reclaim an inkling of happiness, confidence, and dignity. Fate leads her to a life and death situation at the Grand Canyon, a career-changing event in a barn in North Dakota, and, finally, an emotional rebirth in the Zuni Mountain wilderness.

Lindsey cherishes the companionship of her delightful dog, Wendell. The students’ heart wrenching traumas and their comical comments, combined with her desire to be a shining light in their lives, provide an escape from her problems … sometimes.

Though lies from many, infidelity from one, and secret intimidation from a mysterious stranger add new challenges to her life, she still dreams of and hopes for romance, love, family, and the happily ever after. Will any of her dreams come true?

Readers who love fairy tales, dogs—the four-legged and the two-legged variety—young children, school, and suspense … readers who love love … will want to read this book.

About the AuthorOnce upon a time . . . Cricket Rohman was born in Racine, Wisconsin but soon moved to the Chicago area, and later on to Estes Park, Colorado, where deer, elk, and bobcats wandered by her home on a daily basis. She spent much of her young childhood either playing “school,” setting her favorite stuffed animals up in front of a chalkboard and teaching them everything she knew, or reading. She was a very good little girl, getting in trouble only when she got caught reading under the covers with a flashlight long into the night. Life was pretty good—until she was discovered reading Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead around the age of twelve. That did not go over well with her parents. “I wish I could say that it was my life long dream to be a writer, but that is not the truth. I did not suffer a severe bite by the writing bug until after high school.” Before heading down the mountain to attend college in Greeley, Colorado, Cricket took up playing the guitar and sang with her brilliant brother’s folk group, The Sundowners, and later, Friendship Sloop. During these singing years she was bitten by the show-biz bug and appeared in a few TV pilots, numerous commercials, and theatrical voice-overs. And, best of all, the writing bug began to nibble. Time for a real job. Cricket Rohman became Ms. Cricket, the kindergarten teacher. That job, ultimately, set her dream of writing in motion. She found great success with her 76 book series, Rays Readers, which she wrote specifically for kinder and first grade students. “There is no doubt in my mind that the initial inspiration for my first novel, KINDERGARTEN BABY, originated in my own kindergarten classroom. At first the story was going to be about a sweet kinder teacher . . . teaching. Well, one thing led to another; my brain went off in its own direction, on its own tangents, and there were days when thoughts popped up that I didn’t know I was capable of thinking. OMG! Where did that come from? I wondered. My husband wondered about that, too.” The writing bug’s bite is here to stay; the dream finally came true. Cricket’s first full-length, adult novel, KINDERGARTEN BABY has arrived. And, yes. It’s fiction . . . REALLY!